Sunday, September 07, 2008
my quinceanera
apparently, i just had my 15th birthday yesterday!
if you’ve noticed, all of my birthdays for the past 7 years have been spanish-themed. this year was no exception, and my friends threw me a quinceanera last night!
for those of you who don’t know, a quinceanera is a latin american “debut” for a 15-year-old. traditionally, the birthday celebrant wears a white dress, similar to a wedding, and she has an entourage too! the quinceanera celebrant would be escorted by her ‘chambalan’. i came dressed in a traditional white dress, and several of my friends wore similar dresses in a variety of colors. the men got dressed up and there were a ton of sombreros all over the place. the special guest of honor (other than the quinceanera herself, of course!) was “macho libre” as my chambalan. and kat, susan, rita, and i did a special dance with our special guest star marlene! we just had so much fun planning this thing all month long - the goofier, the better =) we totally hammed it up! you can see in these pictures we took last night:
here’s me in my traditional white dress with rita
and all the ladies dressed up - thank you mom for getting our outfits!
and gavin was so cute dressed up as a mexican hombre
and all the guys got in character too! check out everyone who came dressed up =)
my chambalan was “macho libre”!
thank you so much marlene for hosting this barbecue/quinceanera at your house! i had so much fun!
thank you to everyone who came too! this was definitely a quinceanera to remember =)